20 years ago there were an estimated <a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/04/chinas-lost-rivers/5424/">50,000 rivers running through China</a> - but a recent survey has found that over 27,000 of the waterways have disappeared.&nbsp; An extensive three-year waterway census throughout the country found that <a href="http://inhabitat.com/greenpeace-links-nike-and-adidas-to-toxic-river-polluters-in-china/" target="_blank">China’s rivers</a> only number 22,909 - remarkably less than previously thought. But despite the dicey <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nearly-6000-pig-carcasses-have-been-pulled-from-the-shanghai-river/">recent history surrounding China's rivers</a>, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/beijing-smog-beyond-index-as-air-pollution-recorded-at-over-30-times-safe-levels/" target="_blank">environmental issues</a> aren’t entirely to blame - old-fashioned human error may have thrown the estimated numbers severely off....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/27000-rivers-disappear-in-china-according-to-recent-waterway-census/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Huanpu River

20 years ago there were an estimated <a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/04/chinas-lost-rivers/5424/">50,000 rivers running through China</a> - but a recent survey has found that over 27,000 of the waterways have disappeared.&nbsp; An extensive three-year waterway census throughout the country found that <a href="http://inhabitat.com/greenpeace-links-nike-and-adidas-to-toxic-river-polluters-in-china/" target="_blank">China’s rivers</a> only number 22,909 - remarkably less than previously thought. But despite the dicey <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nearly-6000-pig-carcasses-have-been-pulled-from-the-shanghai-river/">recent history surrounding China's rivers</a>, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/beijing-smog-beyond-index-as-air-pollution-recorded-at-over-30-times-safe-levels/" target="_blank">environmental issues</a> aren’t entirely to blame - old-fashioned human error may have thrown the estimated numbers severely off....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/27000-rivers-disappear-in-china-according-to-recent-waterway-census/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Huanpu River

20 years ago there were an estimated <a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/04/chinas-lost-rivers/5424/">50,000 rivers running through China</a> - but a recent survey has found that over 27,000 of the waterways have disappeared.&nbsp; An extensive three-year waterway census throughout the country found that <a href="http://inhabitat.com/greenpeace-links-nike-and-adidas-to-toxic-river-polluters-in-china/" target="_blank">China’s rivers</a> only number 22,909 - remarkably less than previously thought. But despite the dicey <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nearly-6000-pig-carcasses-have-been-pulled-from-the-shanghai-river/">recent history surrounding China's rivers</a>, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/beijing-smog-beyond-index-as-air-pollution-recorded-at-over-30-times-safe-levels/" target="_blank">environmental issues</a> aren’t entirely to blame - old-fashioned human error may have thrown the estimated numbers severely off....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/27000-rivers-disappear-in-china-according-to-recent-waterway-census/'>READ ARTICLE</a>